Canadian punk slayers keep it cranked on latest salvo

Okay, so METZ's latest noise-punk blaze probably isn't technically louder in the "Loudness War," Metallica-mastered-their-album-funny sense, but have you seen their SoundCloud wave? "Can't Understand" is the Toronto band's foray into a 2013 Adult Swim Singles Project series that has already brought us Killer Mike and El-P's Tim Tebow-repping "36-Inch Chain" and Kitty (née Pryde)'s booty-rubbing "Barbie Jeep." This one comes a couple of days after METZ's Chad VanGaalen-animated "Get Off" video, and in a sonic sense, it's about as bonkers, all dive-bombing guitars and building-crushing drums. But it's not "just" an unholy racket: The track's crescendo is as methodical as it is maniacal. When singer-guitarist Alex Edkins howls the title phrase, it's just about the only lyric we can understand. The song's physical impact, though, is easy to get.